Krater
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A krater (in Greek: κρατήρ, kratēr, from the verb κεράννυμι, keránnymi, "to mix") was a large vase used to mix wine and water in Ancient Greece.
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Forms of kraters
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Column krater
This form was invented in Corinth, but was taken over by the Athenians, where it is typically black-figure.
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Calyx krater
Probably invented by Exekias in about 525 BC, this form remembers the calyx of flowers, with low handles protruding from the base of the bowl.
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Volute krater
An Attic shape (whose handles look like the volute of a capital) that lasted through the 4th century BC.
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Bell krater
This form looks like an inverted bell. All bell kraters are black-figure.
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